On September 12, 2017, the seventy-second session of the UN General Assembly opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, which will work from September 2017 to September 2018. In the course of its work, the UN General Assembly will give priority to the issues of conflict prevention, protection of human rights, promotion of Sustainable development goals, climate change and UN reforms. Also, during the period from September 19 to September 25, 2017, a general debate will be held with...

On September 15, 2017, in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) adopted the Joint Statement of Turkmenistan and Brazil "On encouraging valuable contribution of Olympic refugee teams in strengthening peace and human rights", initiated by the Government of Turkmenistan. According to this document, UN HRC member states welcome the participation of refugees and refugee teams in major international multi-sport events, as pioneered in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and, most recentl...

On August 18, 2017, the fifth regular meeting of the joint Turkmen-Pakistani Intergovernmental Commission took place in Ashgabat. The co-chairman of the commission from the Turkmen side was the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan           R. Meredov, and the Pakistani side was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Asif. A wide range of issues related to the priority areas fo...

On August 11, 2017, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Murad Ashraf Janjua. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state of relations, as well as discussed further intensification of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Noting the dynamic development of political and diplomatic cooperation, the parties dis...

On August 8, 2017, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan. At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, decorated with the State Flags of the two countries, officials greeted President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on Azerbaijani soil. From the airport the motorcade of the President of Turkmenistan went to the residence of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan "Zagulba". Here, in the square, a ceremony of an offi...

Türkmenistanda Ýapyk binalarda we söweş sungaty boýunça V Aziýa oýunlary üçin petekleriň satuwy şenbe güni, 29-njy iýulda başlaýar. 220 sport ýaryşy üçin 700 000-den gowrak petek satylar. Tomaşaçylar sportuň 21 görnüşi boýunça Aziýanyň we Okeaniýanyň ussat türgenleriniň arasynda 12 günüň dowamynda geçiriljek ýaryşlara tomaşa edip bilerler. Tomaşaçylar ýaryşlaryň rejesinde görkezilen ähli sport ýaryşlaryny, şol sanda seçilip alynýan ýaryşlary we final tapgyrlary barada maglumaty öwrenip, isleg...

On July 19, 2017 the fourth meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.Meredov, the Republic of Azerbaijan E.Mammadyarov and the Republic of Turkey M.Chavushoglu was held in Baku. The main goal of the meeting was the preparation for the Summit of the Heads of the three states, which will be held till the end of this year in Turkmenistan. In this context, the foreign ministers discussed a number of issues related to further cooperation between the three countries and iden...